Blue Grass Stockyards (Monday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

1,082 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.27/cwt -6.04 vs last sale · ≈ $496/hd at 384 lb · 66 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.79/cwt -4.36 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 521 lb · 56 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.39/cwt -13.49 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 625 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,082	1,580	1,440
Feeder cattle	949	1,394	1,170
Slaughter cattle	117	178	233
Replacement cattle	16	8	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold unevenly steady with moderate demand. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Yearlings lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower with light demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	160.00–162.00	$160.93	$435	—
305–348 fancy	331	25	165.00–177.00	$171.85	$569	+6.27
357–370 fancy	368	19	161.00–164.00	$161.36	$594	-4.39
355–389	383	6	154.00–157.00	$156.54	$600	-2.27
405–410 value added	407	3	150.00–159.00	$155.98	$635	+2.96
405–440	430	12	142.00–149.00	$143.35	$616	-0.05
450–480	461	36	140.00–144.50	$140.52	$648	-1.15
500–545	523	26	134.00–140.00	$136.51	$714	-1.07
547 value added	547	7	145.50	$145.50	$796	+1.83
550–588	569	20	133.50–136.50	$135.56	$771	-1.06
600–640	611	21	125.00–135.00	$128.68	$786	-2.95
650–665	656	15	125.00–132.00	$130.48	$856	-0.84
700–730	714	9	120.00–126.00	$123.78	$884	—
742 value added	742	2	128.50	$128.50	$953	—
760–765	762	4	120.00–125.00	$121.75	$928	—
837	837	6	125.50	$125.50	$1,050	+1.05
867–885	882	13	120.00–124.00	$120.77	$1,065	—
975	975	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	435	4	131.00–132.00	$131.24	$571	—
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	-5.00
555–595	575	2	121.00–129.00	$124.86	$718	—
650–685	668	2	113.00–120.00	$116.59	$779	—
700–720	707	3	117.00–118.00	$117.67	$832	—
802–840	812	7	114.00–115.00	$114.29	$928	-2.71
990	990	1	93.00	$93.00	$921	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	—
580	580	1	131.00	$131.00	$760	—
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	135.00–136.00	$135.49	$316	+2.99
295	295	14	130.00	$130.00	$384	+5.00
312–345	331	7	120.00–131.00	$125.75	$416	-7.81
334 value added	334	9	141.00	$141.00	$471	—
350–395	384	66	120.00–132.50	$129.27	$496	-6.04
405–445	426	22	120.00–135.00	$125.54	$535	-4.43
455–490	476	41	118.00–129.00	$124.09	$591	-2.47
500 value added	500	10	125.00	$125.00	$625	-3.16
500–547	526	46	115.00–124.00	$119.88	$631	-0.54
550–595	564	35	115.00–122.00	$117.89	$665	-3.34
600–645	617	10	113.00–118.00	$116.91	$721	-0.09
605–636	627	37	119.00–126.00	$122.60	$769	-0.28
655–670	664	6	120.00–124.00	$121.84	$809	+6.87
655–698	669	31	112.00–119.75	$117.37	$785	+2.40
750–774	770	6	105.00–113.00	$106.30	$819	+1.30
786	786	17	118.00	$118.00	$927	+13.00
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—
855	855	1	93.00	$93.00	$795	-7.01
905–945	925	2	83.00–88.00	$85.45	$790	—
985	985	1	82.00	$82.00	$808	-24.57
1000	1000	2	80.00	$80.00	$800	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	—
300–345	326	11	110.00–120.00	$113.19	$369	-6.81
355–395	375	3	105.00–119.00	$110.37	$414	-6.13
420–445	431	4	106.00–117.00	$110.11	$475	-4.89
475–485	480	2	112.00–113.00	$112.49	$540	-2.01
515–545	535	5	106.00–115.00	$111.86	$598	+1.81
555–575	567	3	101.00–110.00	$106.64	$605	-3.86
630	630	2	109.00	$109.00	$687	+9.00
655–690	677	8	100.00–110.00	$106.09	$718	—
720–745	730	4	80.00–104.00	$93.12	$680	-10.88
820–840	833	3	76.00–80.00	$77.31	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	101.00–102.00	$101.50	$335	—
350–380	365	2	102.00–103.00	$102.52	$374	+2.52
405	405	1	99.00	$99.00	$401	-7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	114.00	$114.00	$356	—
590	590	2	114.00	$114.00	$673	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	157.00	$157.00	$369	+8.21
370–397	389	11	140.00–155.00	$145.89	$568	+0.99
405–445	430	7	128.00–145.00	$135.81	$584	-3.67
451–490	474	20	127.00–135.00	$131.98	$626	-6.32
500–538	515	22	128.00–138.00	$131.46	$677	-3.85
550–590	576	11	124.00–130.00	$126.82	$730	-4.95
600–647	619	44	116.00–129.00	$120.58	$746	-0.95
660–685	664	17	117.00–121.50	$120.36	$799	-2.54
700–745	720	12	107.00–116.00	$112.28	$808	-4.73
750–798	768	9	110.00–122.00	$115.80	$889	+0.22
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	+0.44
900–928	921	4	80.00–97.00	$92.85	$855	-0.15
980	980	1	80.00	$80.00	$784	—
1065	1065	1	85.00	$85.00	$905	—
1153	1153	3	77.00	$77.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	429	7	120.00–131.00	$126.61	$543	+6.61
450–482	472	7	120.00–135.00	$125.76	$594	-0.07
500–545	519	13	117.00–125.00	$120.64	$626	-2.13
560–590	581	7	119.00–127.00	$123.15	$716	+0.93
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	—
655–660	658	3	106.00–116.00	$109.32	$719	-3.02
708–725	712	4	95.00–100.00	$98.73	$703	+8.73
782	782	2	90.00	$90.00	$704	-11.00
825	825	1	80.00	$80.00	$660	-8.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	2	116.00	$116.00	$606	—
560	560	1	112.00	$112.00	$627	+8.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	124.00	$124.00	$719	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1165	1033	80-85%	2	48.00–49.00	$48.56	$502	—
1115–1495	1239	80-85%	14	50.50–57.50	$54.74	$678	+7.27
1115–1615	1346	80-85%	15	58.00–64.50	$61.09	$822	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$624	—
1205–1610	1480	75-80%	16	58.00–63.00	$60.31	$893	+3.13
1075–1800	1518	75-80%	9	51.00–57.50	$55.32	$840	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1160	908	85-90%	3	38.00–40.00	$39.46	$358	—
945–1130	1043	85-90%	6	45.00–51.00	$48.19	$503	-5.22
925–1320	1151	85-90%	6	52.00–58.00	$54.90	$632	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2015	1564	9	73.00–81.00	$76.06	$1,190	-3.37
1825–1980	1883	5	81.50–86.00	$84.17	$1,585	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1475	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	750.00–1,085.00	$852.78

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1320	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–725.00	$704.71
1460	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1115	1038	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–550.00	$538.43

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.